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Brent Taylor, a Tennessee state senator running to represent the state’s 9th District in the House of Representatives, is currently weathering one of the sillier sex scandals in recent years, mounting a novel defense against allegations that he sent unsolicited nudes to women as recently as 2021. The defense? Well, shucks — he was just a kid! “As I near 60 years old, the expiration date has come and gone on any of my youthful indiscretions,” Taylor told the Nashville Scene, which broke the story.

A day after Russell Brand told the court that not a “single person” would testify on his behalf at his rape trial, the actor’s wife took the stand Thursday in defense of her husband. Laura Brand — who Russell married in 2017 and shares three children with — told the court about their 20-year history, including first dating in 2006 and the “full sexual relationship” that followed.

Following fans’ feverish anticipation for more shows, Noah Kahan has revealed a massive stadium run for 2027: The Last of the Bugs World Tour. The 31-date trek kicks off on April 24 — the anniversary of his No. 1 album The Great Divide — in Athens, Georgia.

Montréal will welcome a new museum dedicated to Salvador Dalí in 2027, bringing the Spanish surrealist’s lesser-known works and archives to a historic building in Old Montréal. The Musée des archives de Salvador Dalí (MASD) unveiled its plans on October 27, revealing a project that aims to explore the artist’s work beyond his best-known paintings.

Where’s the love? Jay-Z asked that question 25 years ago, in the chorus of one of many songs in his catalog that still move audiences today.

After six years between studio albums, Protest the Hero returned this summer with Within, a new record that finds the Canadian progressive metal band turning inward while retaining the technical intensity that has defined its sound for more than two decades. Now, the Whitby, Ontario, group is bringing the album home for a coast-to-coast Canadian tour spanning November and December. Released on July 17, Within follows 2020’s Palimpsest and is the band’s first fully independent release.

While working on Guided by Voices‘ 44th studio album, Speculation and Gossip, frontman Robert Pollard developed an obsession with Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. “[I watched it] over and over,” he says. “I’ve almost learned the dialog like Rocky Horror Picture Show.” The record drops January 22 via the band’s Rockathon Records.

Being back on set as Katniss Everdeen for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping hit Jennifer Lawrence with a wave of nostalgia. For the first time in over a decade, Lawrence fell back into step alongside Josh Hutcherson and Woody Harrelson, the actress detailed during a recent appearance on the podcast Call Her Daddy. “It was so crazy. It was the same crew. It was the same AD, who I’ve worked with a million times because I love him,” Lawrence said. “And with Josh and Woody … it was so emotional.

Former actor Russell Brand finally took the stand in his rape trial — but he says he’ll be facing the charges and the jury alone. The actor told jurors at London’s Southwark Crown Court Wednesday that he was unable to persuade a “single person” to testify on his behalf. When the lead attorney for his defense, Ian Winter, asked if anyone would touch him “with a bargepole,” Brand answered, “No.” “My entire life has been consumed by these allegations,” Brand said.

Bryan Adams is voicing his opinion in the turmoil surrounding one of Canada’s Great Lakes. The Canadian singer-songwriter shared “Lake Ontario”, a new single from his upcoming album How’s It Goin’, due November 6 through BAD Records. Without ever naming Trump, the singer accuses powers that be of political distraction, taking aim at attempts to rename the body of water and questioning the motives behind the controversy.